Why use Camtasia

- Camtasia is first and foremost a great applicationfor recording, editing, and sharing screen based movies,commonly called screencasts.But by creating a great tool for screencasting,TechSmith has also produced an extremely powerful,yet easy to use tool for digital storytellingusing audio, video, and motion graphics.Think of Camtasia as two separate, but interconnected apps,a media recorder and a media editor.The recorder can be used to recordyour computer's screen and microphone.

Throughout this course we'll also look athow to use it to record your IOS device,webcam, and computer's audio.The editor is used to refine and enhance your storythen share it with the world.We'll spend a lot of time in this coursegoing through all of the key features of the editorso that you can tell your story to the best of your ability.The normal Camtasia workflow is to use the recorderto capture your story,then use the editor to refine it by removing mistakes,adding emphasis, and incorporating additional mediathat you create on your computer,or capture on your mobile device,then share your finished work with the world.

The obvious use of Camtasia is to produceinstructional screen casts for your class,business or your growing following on your YouTube channel.But you could also use Camtasia to record quick video notesto yourself or others, record a practice walk throughof a presentation that you have to give to a group,record an interview via FaceTime or Skype,create embedded videos for a presentation,grading student work by narrating feedback to your learners,creating the next animated GIFthat goes viral on the internet,or documenting that new application you've been developing.

In my own daily work, I use Camtasia for two things.For creating polished video based training,and for making quick and dirty video notesfor myself and others.After watching the rest of the this courseand learning all of the essentials of using Camtasia,tweet me a note @csmattia with your ideasfor how you're using Camtasia.I'd love to see and hear what you're creating.

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10/18/2016

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10/11/2016

Camtasia is the industry-leading video capture and editing software. The most recent version combines Camtasia for Mac with features from Camtasia Studio for Windows, providing you with best-of-both-worlds tools for recording, editing, and sharing professional video. Join Chris Mattia as he shows how to create the best quality screen-capture, webcam, and mobile video with Camtasia 3 for Mac. Learn how to set up a dedicated recording account, calibrate your microphone, record video, and use the Camtasia Editor to trim and edit audio and video. Master Camtasia's special editing functions such as annotations, closed captions and subtitles, and effects. Then find out how to create reusable motion graphics with animations and behaviors, and share your Camtasia projects on Screencast.com, YouTube, and other sites.